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ArticleVaccines2022

Antibiotics Usage and Resistance among Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in the Intensive Care Unit in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed Kabrah, Fayez Bahwerth, Saad Alghamdi, Alaa Alkhotani, Ahmed Alahmadi, Mashari Alhuzali, Ibrahim Aljerary, Anwar Alsulami

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Update on Omicron variant and its threat to vulnerable populations.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024
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  3. Antibiotics for preventing infection at the surgical site: Single dose vs. multiple doses.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed KabrahLaboratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3573-0364
Fayez BahwerthMolecular Genetics Department, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6618-9422
Saad AlghamdiLaboratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4532-9128
Alaa AlkhotaniDiagnostic Microbiology Department, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AlahmadiMedical Genetics Department, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Mashari AlhuzaliDiagnostic Microbiology Department, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim AljeraryPharmaceutical Department, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar AlsulamiHealth Administration, King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital · SAUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a global health and development threat, especially during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic. Therefore, the current study was conducted to describe antibiotic usage and resistance among patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. In this cross-sectional study, only patients with positive COVID-19 status (42 patients) admitted to the ICU at the King Faisal Hospital were selected using a census sampling method. The susceptibility test of bacteria was carried out according to the standard protocol. The identified strains were tested in-vitro against several antibiotics drugs. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 24. A total of 42 patients were included, with a mean age of 59.35 ± 18 years. Of them, 38.1% were males, and 61.9% were females. 35.7% have blood group O +. For age and blood groups, statistically significant associations were found between males and females, with

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antibioticscoronavirusintensive care unitpatientsresistanceSaudi Arabia

Identifiers

PMID36560558
PMCPMC9784728
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